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2024-11-13 13:43:12 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 66B0E631E4A39B15148B3792366E67D797A5EE7AFAA039E4FCD99C58620588B4
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The common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) became a symbol of Remembrance Day as it was among the first plants to flower in the battlefields of France and Belgium where approximately 956,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers died fighting on the Western Front. https://www.history.com/news/world-war-i-poppy-remembrance-symbol-veterans-day https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8d6415137o#:~:text=Each%2520poppy%2520represents%2520the%2520life,%C2%A315million%2520for%2520service%2520charities.
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